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Prospect watch: Giants may have to find room for Duvall

Either way, Zunino is a player you want safely tucked on your reserve list till his time comes. Lawr Michaels writes for Mastersball.com, a USA TODAY Sports Media Group affiliate. Check out the Mastersball

With the minor leagues now operating at full tilt, we can start looking at some of the top performers from week to week who may be gracing our Roto rosters before too long.

Let's start with the San Francisco Giants and their 11th round selection of the 2010 draft — third baseman Adam Duvall.

With serious power potential, Duvall put together a terrific season at High Class-A San Jose in 2012, hitting .258-30-100 over a full complement of games.

Duvall was advanced to Class-AA Richmond, and the Southern League, for 2013 and has come out of the chute with equal fury, going .378-2-10 with eight runs scored over his first 11 games.

The big question with the Giants — who have done well with many of their home-grown prospects --- is where Duvall will play. Certainly Pablo Sandoval owns the hot corner for now, but the logical move for the Panda would be first base, a spot currently owned by Brandon Belt, but eyed for Buster Posey.

Either way, San Francisco could use a real power hitter at the corners and Duvall could be that man.

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We know the Cards have uber-prospect Oscar Taveras as a potential outfielder, but how about James Ramsey?

A center fielder, Ramsey was first drafted in the first round last year with the 23rd overall pick.

After signing, Ramsey went to Palm Beach and the Class-A Florida State League, logging .229-1-14 totals over 56 games and 210 at-bats. However, despite the low average, Ramsey showed a pretty good eye with 33 walks to 59 punch-outs (and a .333 OBP).

To begin 2013, Ramsey returned to Palm Beach, going .425-1-5 with 12 runs scored over his first 11 games and 40 at-bats, along with a half dozen each of walks and whiffs (.521 OBP).

Obviously a few years away, Ramsey is showing the ability to grow from his previous season's experience, and thus merits tracking. As it is, St. Louis might have him alongside Taveras by 2015.

Bradley was assigned last year to South Bend at the Class-A Midwest League and as a 19-year old, he turned in a very poised season of 12-6, 3.84 over 27 starts and 134 innings. He struck out 152 and allowed just 87 hits, although his walk total of 88 needs attention.

Bradley was promoted to the High Class-A California League and Visalia for 2013. Over his first three starts and 17 2/3 innings, he is 1-0, 0.51, with 27 strikeouts and a much-improved six walks and 10 hits (0.906 WHIP).

Those are clearly dominant numbers, and continued performance will probably push Bradley to Class-AA Springfield before the end of 2013.

From there, it can often be a simple combination of performance and big-league need before opportunity presents itself. At his present rate, Bradley certainly is handling the performance part of the equation.